Philipp Gütlich - Curriculum Vitae#

• 1941-46: Elementary School in Rüsselsheim and Karben (Germany)
• 1946-55: High school (Gymnasium) in Rüsselsheim
• 1955-61: Technische Hochschule Darmstadt (Inorganic, Organic, Analytical, Technical and Physical Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics) Diplom-Ingenieur "Mit Auszeichnung" Master's thesis in Physical Inorganic Chemistry Academic Prize of Technical University of Darmstadt for best thesis
• 1961-63: Ph.D. thesis "Surface Investigations Using the BET-Method and Heterogeneous Isotope Exchange on Barium Sulfate", Ph.D."Mit Auszeichnung"
• 1964: Postdoctoral research stay at "Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires à Saclay in France (Paris), 6 months
• 1964-65: Postdoctoral research stay in Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), work on Mössbauer spectroscopy of transition metal compounds
• 1966: Return to Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, research work towards "Habilitation" ("Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Inorganic Chemistry")
• 1976-70: Participation in Theoretical Chemistry Schools: C.A. Coulson (Oxford), P.O. Löwdin (Uppsala), H. Hartmann (Frankfurt)
• 1969: Habilitation in Inorganic Chemistry and Nuclear Chemistry
• 1972: Professor of Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry at Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
• 1974: 2 offers for Full-Professorships
  • Chair of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Mainz
  • Chair of Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry, University of Hamburg
• 1975: Professorship at Mainz University accepted
• 1989-1991: Dean of the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
• 1996-2001: Director of the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
• April 2001: Professor Emeritus

• Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
• Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Metallkunde (until 2001)
• Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
• American Chemical Society (for ca. 30 years, until 2001)
• Chemical Society of London (for ca. 30 years, until 2001)

• University of Geneva and Bern in Switzerland (1985)
• University of Lima/Peru (for UNESCO, 1985)
• Tamkang University Taipei (1986)
• University of Louvain-la-Neuve/ Belgium (1991)
• University of Fribourg/Switzerland (1994)
• Ochanomizu University Tokyo (1994)
• Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (1997)
• Vienna University of Technology (1998)
• Toho University Tokyo (2007)

• 1961: Academic Prize of Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
• 1964: Fellowship of German Gouvernment for research stay in France
• 1965: Fellowship of Volkswagen-Foundation for research stay in USA
• 1989: Research Award of Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science
• 1993: Max Planck Research Award
• 2002: Honorary Member of the Internat. Board on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect
• 2002: Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Science
• 2003: Honorary Doctor and Professor of the University of Budapest
• 2007: Member of Academia Europaea
• 2007: Honorary Doctor of Toho-University Tokyo

• Physical Methods in (Inorganic) Chemistry
• Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry
  • Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
  • Electrons in Atoms and Molecules
  • Ligand Field Theory
  • Molecular Orbital Theory
  • Group Theory
• Coordination Chemistry
• Magnetochemistry

• Electronic structure (static and dynamic) of transition metal compounds
  • Bond and valence state properties
  • Molecular structure
  • Spin crossover (thermally, optically and pressure-induced)
  • Magnetic properties
  • Photochemical and photophysical phenomena
  • Phase transformations
  • Kinetic and thermodynamic properties
  • Chemical and physical aftereffects of nuclear transformation
• Surface physics and chemistry
  • Thin metallic layers by Langmuir-Blodgett technique
  • Corrosion
  • Structure and reactivity on glass surfaces
• Industrial applications of Mössbauer spectroscopy
  • Magnetic and optical recording material
  • Battery material
  • Glasses
  • Corrosion

• ca. 8 Mössbauer spectrometers for transmission, scattering, CEMS, DECEMS, time-integral and time-differential measurements, also under pressure or in applied magnetic field and variable temperature (≥ 2K)
• 2 Magnetometers (Foner, SQUID) for 350 ≥ T 2 K
• ESCA-spectrometer
• AUGER-spectrometer
• UV/Vis spectrometer, also for single crystals in the range 300 ≥ T ≥ 5 K
• Raman spectrometer, T-dependent in the range 1500 ≥ T ≥ 4 K
• FT-FIR spectrometer, T-dependent in the range 300 ≥ T ≥ 4 K
• Single crystal X-ray diffractometer, T-dependent 300 ≥ T ≥ 10 K, CCD

• More than 300 Invited Talks/Plenary Lectures
• Ca. 500 contributions to conferences (oral and posters)